Rain forces fourth one dayer to be put off for today
Chris DHAMBARAGE
Sri Lanka’s hopes of leveling the five match series took a severe
blow when heavy rain forced a postponement for the fourth day night one
day international against the touring Indian team at the R. Premadasa
Stadium yesterday.
The match will now be worked off today at the same venue as a day
night fixture weather permitting.
The umpires Billy Doctrove and Gamini Silva in consultation with the
match referee Chris Broad decided to call off the game at around 6.00
p.m.
The rain of course started around thirty minutes before the scheduled
start of play leaving the outfield at the Premadasa Stadium damp. The
covers were on and the bad weather continued until late evening with the
Indian team moving to their hotel very much early in anticipation of the
match been called off.
However the Sri Lankan team who are desperate to level the series
decided to stay on until the end. Sri Lanka are trailing 1-2 and need to
win the remaining two matches if they are to win the series and complete
a double following their success in the three test series last month.
In case the match is not played even on the reserve day (today) the
two teams will head to the fifth and final one day international on
Friday at the same venue under lights with India assured of not losing
the series.
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